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Our busiest weekend so far!

Every Saturday we go to any Farmer’s Market, either to the one here in Guelph, or to Kitchener or St. Jacobs, Gaby’s favorite for the german sausages and orange-strawberry juice.

This weekend we didn’t go and instead we walked around town and bought my niece a present, Philip got himself some shirts something he never never or rarely does, and we went for some gelatto, stop at the bakery and thought about what to make for lunch? So we went home and started to gril something.

After lunch some took a small nap (kids) and when everybogy woke up we decided it to go see our lot at theSt. Ignatius Jesuit Centre, they provide the land and I think it is called Community Share Agriculture and my husband says his mom didn’t pay anything but I think she did. You plant what you want and like and take care of it every week for the whole harvesting season and without pesticides. So we went with the kids to finish planting some seeds and to water the ones that had been there already from last weekend. Gaby loves it and she helped all the time, Basti played in the dirt and I think he even tried a bit, why not is the Pachamama, Mother Earth, Madre Tierra and she keeps us alive! Two hours, two hot hours working and with some breaks in between, but Philip worked non stop and enjoyed it too.

So now we have, carrots, zucchinis, potatos, tomatos, shallots, onions, eggplants I think and greenbeans! At home we have planted carrots in an old pot they are already coming out! This is one of the most amazing experiences for me, specially because I get to see Gaby loving the work and taking care of the “plantitas”, Basti, well, he enjoys the brezee and get dirty and drink water every 10 minutes. It was a great weekend and Philip managed to take pictures of me with two new tops I made recently. Now papa is off on a bussines trip to Seatle and comes back until thursday late at night.

Here are my pictures of this week! Thanks for stopping by once again. See you soon.

Cute kid! Basti’s Onesie is fromKukuxumuxua very cool and unique store in Spain, they have stores everywhere so it is worth checking this place if you are in “España” this summer. Gaby’s top I made it few days ago and it was meant to be for a sew along fromElsie Marley. The fabric is fromValori Wellsand is from the collectionNest for Free Spirits. The pattern is from a japanese book,this one. Lindo niño. El Onesie que anda Basti es de Kukuxumuxu una tienda bien “cool” (chiva) y única en España. Hay tiendas en todas partes asi que vale la pena irlas a ver si están en España este verano. La blusa de Gaby se la hice hace unos días y supuestamente la iba a hacer durante la semana de costura de Elsie Marley. La tela es de Valori Wells y es de la colección Nest para Free Spirits. El patrón es de un libro japonés, este.

I made this top on friday. I found the fabric at a very popular fabric store in El Salvador on my last trip. It is linen and the store name is Almacén Pacifico. The pattern istop Afrom a japanese pattern book. Hice esta blusa el Viernes. La tela la encontré en una tienda muy famosa en El Salvador en el último viaje que hice. Es lino y la tienda se llama Almacén Pacifico. El patrón es Top A de un libro japonés de patrones.

While we were resting on the grass, Gaby said to me: What would you do if you would have all the magic in the world? I said: well, easy I would make all the beautiful fabrics in the world to appear in my sewing room! Nice she said, what would you do I ask her, I would get all the dollhouses for myself and hide them in my room! Mientras estabamos descansando en la grama, Gaby me dice: Qué harías si tuvieras toda la magia del mundo? Yo le dije: bueno, es fácil yo haría que todas las telas más bonitas aparecieran en mi cuarto de costura! Qué bien me dice, y tu qué harías le pregunto, Yo me agarraría todas las casas de muñecas y las pondría en mi habitación. We kept playing…Seguimos jugando…

At last interacting like I always pictured it. I love my two Grasshopers. Por fin interactuando como yo siempre me lo imaginé. Amo mis dos Chapulines . And then we got back to work. Y luego volvimos a trabajar.

I know, this boy is rambunctious!!!!! completely different than his sister, but that’s the beauty of life and parenthood, we have the best from both worlds or personalities. Thank you so much for checking my blog, see you around!!!